17th Alberta Legislature

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template other The 17th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from March 2, 1972, to February 14, 1975, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1971 Alberta general election held on August 30, 1971. The Legislature officially resumed on March 2, 1972, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued and dissolved on February 14, 1975, prior to the 1975 Alberta general election.^[1]

Alberta's seventeenth government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta for the first time, led by Premier Peter Lougheed. The Official Opposition was led by former Premier Harry Strom of the Social Credit Party, and subsequently James Douglas Henderson and Robert Curtis Clark. The Speaker was Gerard Amerongen who would serve in the role until he was defeated in the 1986 Alberta general election.

Fourth session

Energy policy came to the forefront near the end of the fourth session of the Legislature when on January 16 a joint press conference was held by the owners of Syncrude Canada Ltd., a joint venture company created to extract oil from the Athabasca oil sands seeking $1-billion in investment following the withdrawal of Atlantic Richfield or risk the failure of the venture.^[2] Debate over the proposed investment Alberta's news with proponents noting the high costs of development, necessity for domestic oil supplies during the recent 1973 oil crisis, and the risk of stalling future development in the oil sands, while opponents felt the ultimatum was tantamount to blackmail.^[2] All provincial governments were provided the opportunity to invest in the agreement, and on February 3 the Governments of Ontario, Canada and Alberta met with Shell Oil and the original partners in the consortium. The Winnipeg Agreement was announced the next day, where the Government of Canada would invest $300-million for 15 per cent of Syncrude Canada Ltd., and the Government of Ontario would invest $100-million for 5 per cent equity, and Alberta would invest $200-million for convertible debenture and finance a $200-million power plant for the site.^[2] Representatives from Shell Oil stormed out of the meeting after an hour after the concession for a government-guaranteed base price for oil sands production was not provided.^[3] Liberal leader Nick Taylor and NDP leader Grant Notley were very critical of the agreement.^[2]

Party standings after the 17th General Election

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Affiliation		Members Template:Canadian party colour	49 Template:Canadian party colour	25 Template:Canadian party colour	1
Total		75

A party requires four seats to have official party status in the legislature. Parties with fewer than four seats are not entitled to party funding although their members will usually be permitted to sit together in the chamber.

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts.

17th Alberta Legislative Assembly
	District	Member	Party	First elected/ previously elected Template:Canadian party colour	Athabasca	Frank Appleby	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Banff-Cochrane	Clarence Copithorne	Progressive Conservative	1967Template:Efn Template:Canadian party colour	Barrhead	Hugh Horner	Progressive Conservative	1967 Template:Canadian party colour	Bonnyville	Donald Hansen	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Bow Valley	Fred Mandeville	Social Credit	1967 Template:Canadian party colour	Calgary-Bow	Roy Wilson	Social Credit	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Calgary-Buffalo	Ron Ghitter	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Calgary-Currie	Fred Peacock	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Calgary-Elbow	David Russell	Progressive Conservative	1967 Template:Canadian party colour	Calgary-Egmont	Merv Leitch	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Calgary-Foothills	Len Werry	Progressive Conservative	1967 Template:Canadian party colour	Stewart McCrae (1973)	Progressive Conservative	1973 Template:Canadian party colour	Calgary-Glenmore	Bill Dickie	Progressive Conservative	1963Template:Efn Template:Canadian party colour	Calgary-McCall	George Ho Lem	Social Credit	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Calgary-McKnight	Calvin Lee	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Calgary-Millican	Arthur J. Dixon	Social Credit	1952 Template:Canadian party colour	Calgary-Mountain View	Albert Ludwig	Social Credit	1959 Template:Canadian party colour	Calgary-North Hill	Roy Farran	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Calgary-West	Peter Lougheed	Progressive Conservative	1967 Template:Canadian party colour	Camrose	Gordon Stromberg	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Cardston	Edgar Hinman	Social Credit	1952, 1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Clover Bar	Walt Buck	Social Credit	1967 Template:Canadian party colour	Cypress	Harry Strom	Social Credit	1955 Template:Canadian party colour	Drayton Valley	Rudolph Zander	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Drumheller	Gordon Taylor	Social Credit	1940 Template:Canadian party colour	Independent Social Credit Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Avonmore	Horst Schmid	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Belmont	Bert Hohol	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Beverly	Bill Diachuk	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Calder	Tom Chambers	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Centre	Gordon Miniely	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Glenora	Lou Hyndman	Progressive Conservative	1967 Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Gold Bar	William Yurko	Progressive Conservative	1969 Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Highlands	David Thomas King	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Jasper Place	Leslie Young	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Kingsway	Kenneth Paproski	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Meadowlark	Gerard Amerongen	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Norwood	Catherine Chichak	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Ottewell	John Ashton	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Parkallen	Neil Crawford	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Strathcona	Julian Koziak	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Edmonton-Whitemud	Don Getty	Progressive Conservative	1967 Template:Canadian party colour	Edson	Robert Dowling	Progressive Conservative	1969 Template:Canadian party colour	Grande Prairie	Winston Backus	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Hanna-Oyen	Clinton French	Social Credit	1959 Template:Canadian party colour	Highwood	Edward Benoit	Social Credit	1963 Template:Canadian party colour	Innisfail	Clifford Doan	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Lac La Biche-McMurray	Damase Bouvier	Social Credit	1968 Template:Canadian party colour	Independent Template:Canadian party colour	Social Credit Template:Canadian party colour	Lacombe	Jack Cookson	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Lesser Slave Lake	Dennis Barton	Social Credit	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Lethbridge-East	John Anderson	Social Credit	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Lethbridge-West	Richard Gruenwald	Social Credit	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Little Bow	Raymond Speaker	Social Credit	1963 Template:Canadian party colour	Lloydminster	Bud Miller	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Macleod	Leighton Buckwell	Social Credit	1967 Template:Canadian party colour	Medicine Hat-Redcliff	William Wyse	Social Credit	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Olds-Didsbury	Robert Curtis Clark	Social Credit	1960 Template:Canadian party colour	Peace River	Al Adair	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	Charles Drain	Social Credit	1967 Template:Canadian party colour	Ponoka	Don McCrimmon	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Red Deer	James Foster	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Redwater-Andrew	George Topolnisky	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Rocky Mountain House	Helen Hunley	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Sedgewick-Coronation	Ralph Sorenson	Social Credit	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Smoky River	Marvin Moore	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Spirit River-Fairview	Grant Notley	NDP	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	St. Albert	Ernie Jamison	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	St. Paul	Mick Fluker	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Stettler	Jack Robertson	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Graham Harle (1972)	Progressive Conservative	1972 Template:Canadian party colour	Stony Plain	William Purdy	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Taber-Warner	Douglas Miller	Social Credit	1967 Template:Canadian party colour	Three Hills	Allan Warrack	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Vegreville	John Batiuk	Progressive Conservative	1971 Template:Canadian party colour	Vermilion-Viking	Ashley Cooper	Social Credit	1959 Template:Canadian party colour	Wainwright	Henry Ruste	Social Credit	1955 Template:Canadian party colour	Wetaskiwin-Leduc	James Henderson	Social Credit	1963 Template:Canadian party colour	Independent Template:Canadian party colour	Whitecourt	Peter Trynchy	Progressive Conservative	1971

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17th Alberta Legislature

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Fourth session

Party standings after the 17th General Election

Members elected

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